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who came a^vay down the hanging, rnnning well 

 and fast, towards IMaiyland, over the flat past 

 Yarlington village, and away for North Cadbury, 

 where, being headed, he bore left, and into 

 Conipton Castle, where honnds nearly had him ; 

 bnt he managed to get awa}^, and saved his 

 brnsh by going to gronnd in the main earths 

 on Littleton Hill, in forty minntes. This was 

 an exceedingl}^ pretty gallop over a most 

 unusnal line of conntry. We trotted back to 

 Yarlington (calling at Woolston by the way), 

 and fonnd ; onr fox went well away over the 

 Clapton Earths as if for Elscombe, then headed 

 for Lattiford, but turned down, best pace, for 

 Maperton Gorse, where there was a long check, 

 and we did nothing more. Both these runs of 

 to-da}^ were really enjoyable gallops. 



April 22nd. — 



We had a hot day at Middlemarsh, and, 

 except that there was some pretty woodland 

 hunting, which ended in running a fox to 

 ground near Bight Acres, there was not much 

 done worth recording. 



